Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Tamer

#5,368 most common boys' name of all time · #13,350 across all names · 96% male / 4% female · used 1907–2025

Rank among boys
#5,368
Rank overall
#13,350 of 105,966
First appeared
1907
Years on the list
57 of 146
All-time
832
Since 2016
58
Peak year
2004 #3,164
Best rank
#2,539 1982
Girls Boys peak 31/yr
192019401960198020002020

Tamer first appears in 1907. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 6 6 #10,761
2023 — 5 5 #12,334
2021 — 8 8 #8,870
2020 — 8 8 #8,778
2019 — 7 7 #9,814
2018 — 5 5 #12,240
2017 — 8 8 #8,889
2016 — 11 11 #7,179
2015 — 8 8 #8,810
2014 — 14 14 #6,019
2013 — 11 11 #7,057
2012 — 12 12 #6,652
2011 — 18 18 #5,006
2010 — 14 14 #6,056
2009 — 21 21 #4,596
2008 — 20 20 #4,732
2007 — 27 27 #3,809
2006 — 24 24 #4,009
2005 — 25 25 #3,717
2004 — 31 31 #3,164
2003 — 16 16 #4,834
2002 — 17 17 #4,524
2001 — 15 15 #4,916
2000 — 18 18 #4,223
1999 — 22 22 #3,491
1998 — 15 15 #4,434
1997 — 23 23 #3,175
1996 — 23 23 #3,120
1995 — 23 23 #3,029
1994 — 23 23 #3,043
1993 — 23 23 #2,962
1992 — 12 12 #4,605
1991 — 15 15 #3,843
1990 — 24 24 #2,712
1989 — 17 17 #3,354
1988 — 17 17 #3,110
1987 — 14 14 #3,376
1986 — 11 11 #3,933
1985 — 18 18 #2,740
1984 — 18 18 #2,629
1983 — 12 12 #3,459
1982 — 19 19 #2,539
1981 — 13 13 #3,259
1980 — 12 12 #3,471
1979 — 15 15 #2,925
1978 — 14 14 #2,962
1977 — 14 14 #2,936
1976 — 14 14 #2,860
1975 — 12 12 #3,113
1974 — 10 10 #3,388
1973 — 7 7 #4,128
1972 — 10 10 #3,211
1925 6 — 6 —
1918 11 — 11 —
1916 6 — 6 —
1912 5 — 5 —
1907 5 — 5 —